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Unique day tours of the Cinque Terre from Florence to Vernazza, Corniglia & Manarola

Highlights and what's included

A beautiful day out in the world famous Cinque Terre National park, a Unesco world heritage site since 1997

Luxurious Mercedes (or similar make) minivan

Expert English speaking driver

Tickets for shared Boat ride along the Cinque Terre

Enjoy an ice cream in spring/summer and an aperitif with wine and bruschetta in winter in either Corniglia or Vernazza

Max 8 people per van

Description

After driving through Tuscany into Liguria, stop in the first Cinque Terre village of Manarola. Enjoy panoramic views and take spectacular pictures of the land and coast.
Manarola is one of the oldest villages of the Cinque Terre. Explore the narrow alleys and pretty pastel squares that epitomize the beauty of the area, and perhaps sample some renowned local wine at a cozy wine bar (own expense).

After your visit to Manarola, meet your tour escort at a prearranged time for your shared boat ride to Vernazza. While on the boat, ogle the dramatic coastline from the water, framed against the hills.
Your second stop is at the village of Vernazza, arguably the most beautiful of the five villages with a large open harbor, castle and church.Enjoy some free time to walk around and have a relaxing lunch (own expense) at one of the open-air restaurants that lines the waterfront, or take a stroll through the back streets for impressive views along the coast.

After your visit to Vernazza, meet your tour escort to drive to Corniglia Enjoy panoramic views and take spectacular pictures of the land and coast.

Excluded

Meeting Point

Your Cinque Terre Day Tours will start directly outside the Cafe Paskowski in Piazza Repubblica in Florence where you will find your guide holding a sign with Avventure Bellissime written on it

Other Information

This tour is not fully accessible for wheelchair users or people with walking disabilities. However, please contact us directly and we will be able to take you on alternative routes suitable for you.

Public boats operate subject to weather conditions and along the Cinque Terre until about the 3rd week of October. When boats are not operative transfer between towns will be by train or by minivan.

Boats do not operate in bad weather conditions and when the sea is rough. On these occasions transfers between towns is by local coastal train or by minivan.

Tour operates with a minimum of 4 participants.

Infant seats are available on request if advised at time of booking (children who are under 36 kg/97 pounds or 150 cm/4ft 9 in must use proper child restraints). We reserve the right to refuse infants or children if we are not notified at the time of the booking and if the car seats brought do not comply with requirements by Italian law.

Key Information

A wonderful day out with visits to three towns, all with their own unique identity.

Mar 27 2019

Enjoyed the experience with our guide

Dec 03 2018

Great tour! Professional driver/guide with great english and knowledge of the region's history. Nice clean vehicle and the small group is a bonus.

Nov 14 2018

Just OK. No history, driver didn't add much.

Oct 24 2018

Lorenzo was an excellent guide-providing background information on Florence, the Cinque Terra and sites among the way.

We saw three of the five picturesque Cinque Terra villages along the water.

It was a perfect day. Highly recommend this tour.

Aug 21 2018

Cinque Terre Tour was amazing. We got to see 3 of the 5 towns and well worth it. Bring the good camera and a bathing suit if it is the hotter months. Our only regret is that we didn't stay longer in the first town, Monterosso to go swimming!

Aug 12 2018

The day was a wonderful part of our trip to Switzerland and Italy. Our guide, Yaris, was friendly and knowledgeable handled all details including ferry tickets and a lunch reservation in Vernazza. We were pleased with every aspect of the tour. If we were to do it again, we would have taken a shorter lunch break (grabbed pizza or panini) and used that extra time for exploring the villages.

Jul 16 2018

Was very well organised, smooth journey. Would have preferred a bit more time spent at each town with the guide explaining more detail/history as we walked the town. Since it was summer, and daylight longer, could have used this to the advantage of the tour.

Jul 07 2018

Amazing experience!!! Wish would have done more tours with them.

May 21 2018

Our guide Claudio was just brilliant and so informative. Every one must visit Cinque Terre it's fabulous !

Mar 31 2018

Meet up in Florence was seamless and on time. Two vehicles carrying 7-8 passengers each. Our driver, Claudio, was very personable and knowledgeable, pointing out places of interest along our drive to Cinque Terre. Directions given to us at our last stop on where to meet up given by the driver of the 2nd vehicle were vague and one couple in our vehicle got lost, causing us to have to wait some time until they were able to find us. Directions should have been more clear. All of us asked repeatedly where we were to meet and kept getting the same answer, "just follow the road, you can't miss it". We were all confused. There are actually 2 roads, both leading to the same place after a very lengthy walk up the hill. Had we been told there would be a long walk uphill until it dead ended, we would have had a better idea whether or not we were headed the right way. As it happened the couple kept thinking they were going the wrong way and doubled back a couple of times until finally finding us. If you are prone to getting car sick, this is probably not the tour for you. The towns are charming and picturesque. Wine tasting along the way was a nice break.

Nov 01 2017

Hd lunch at Venassa at restaurant restaurant recommend by driver as "the best". It was OK but not great and he made the reservation for everyone with his name shown on the tables. You wonder weather there's a business connection between the driver and the restaurant

Oct 19 2017

It was a long drive, but certainly worth it. We especially enjoyedsee Carrara and the beautiful marble mountains as we drove by.

Adriano was very informative and pleasant and we recommendthis trip to anyone who, like us, only has time for 1 day to see thebeautiful Cinque Terre area.

Oct 16 2017

This was a wonderful tour, our guide Fabio was entertaining to say the least. He took us to wonderful locations in Cenque Terre gave us some history and made us laugh the entire tour. I would highly recommend this tour and ask for Fabio (aka Al Paccino)

Oct 13 2017

Our guide didn't seem very experienced. He seemed like he was ticking things off of a list and very worried about losing us (there were only 6 of us). He forgot the basic things of tour guiding (i.e. when you drive for 2.5 hours, you make a bathroom stop). We ended up in our first of the three towns (this tour previously took you to five) with 20 minutes because the second driver was a half hour late and six people desperate to find a toilet. The guide encouraged us to just find a bar... we managed to do so, but really didn't get to see the town at all. Overall this trip was rushed, expensive and didn't give a good sense of Cinque Terre. I can not recommend it. Especially since Cinque Terre has now become a cruise and tour nightmare where you can hardly move in these tiny towns.

Sep 18 2017

Very informative driver, spaced out the visits to the villages so we had time to explore on our own. Drove us to a great viewing area for photos.

Jul 17 2017

We covered only 3 of the 5 villages, but it felt much more relaxed and took less time than if we were trying to accomplish 2 more villages and would have been a tiring day. We loved the boat ride to see the villages from the water perspective too!

Jun 14 2017

Same reason as above. Good selection of islands

May 07 2017

Guide is not interested in the work, no commentary no info provided on the places we visit. Just a personal driver driving us to the location and give us a time to meet.